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MYP Science
End of Year Review ~ Year 8
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[1] Betty added iodine to baking soda and starch. She then recorded what she noticed in this table.
She then added iodine to each of the foods listed below. She recorded what she noticed in the table.
TESTED RESULT
bread + iodine turns purple
potato iodine turns purple
lemon + iodine no change
apple + iodine no change
150
125 turtle
100 human
75
50 sparrow
dog
25 trout
0
Animal
Which animal lives longer than humans?
ELEMENT PERCENTAGE
oxygen 46.6
other elements 17.6
aluminium 8.1
silicon ?
[4] A student has a carton of milk, which has nearly 40 millilitres of milk left.
Which container should the student use to measure this volume of milk most accurately?
Which combination of foods would increase the amount of vitamins B1 and C in a person’s diet?
In what order will these substances melt, starting from the substance that melts at the lowest temperature?
[9] Nancy planted three bean seeds in each of two pots. She watered one pot with tap water and the other pot
with an equal amount of salty water. The graph below shows the growth of the seeds Nancy planted.
[11] Morag wanted to find out if plants grow better with fertiliser. She planted some plants in pots.
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Four students each made some sherbet using different recipes. The recipes and the fizziness that resulted are
shown below.
Increasing the amounts of two of these ingredients together increases the fizziness of the sherbet.
Which two ingredients cause the fizziness?
(A) potato starch and icing sugar (B) tartaric acid and potato starch
(C) icing sugar and bicarbonate of soda (D) tartaric acid and bicarbonate of soda
This graph shows the air temperature and the body temperature of a lizard during one day in spring.
The graph also shows what the lizard was doing during the day.
From the graph, which of these has the greatest effect on the lizard’s body temperature?
[20] This table shows, which gases explode when they are mixed together next to a flame.
[22] The diagram of the balloon rocket below shows the direction and size of the forces pushing outwards on the
inside of the inflated balloon. The air pushes outwards equally in all directions against the rudder.
Which two containers best indicate which material was the better insulator?
[25] Deduce the reason for an action using information in a food chain
A. 35 B. 115
C. 750 D. thousands
E. electrical energy
A. distil the sample using a condenser B. add another liquid that will dissolve the sand
C. filter the sample and collect the residue D. evaporate off the water
A. HO B. HO2
C. H2O D. H2O2
[35] The undissolved material left in a filter paper after filtration is called the
C. residue D. solution
A. an invisible, very hot flame, except for a small blue cone of partly burnt gas
B. a bright yellow flame, with carbon particles
C. a very hot yellow flame
D. an invisible flame with some carbon particles
A. Chemical B. Kinetic
C. Potential D. Sound
[39] The same energy change occurs in a person running, a car engine and a coal-burning power station.
Which change is it?
[42] Which of the following lists of planets is not in the correct order?
[43] From ancient Greek times until the 17th century, most people believed that -
A. The sun was the centre of the solar system
B. All planets revolved around Jupiter
C. The Earth was the centre of the solar system
D. The nine planets revolved around the sun
[44] A car is travelling along a flat road when its engine stops. It slows down and stops.
Which one of the following could explain this?
A. Gravity caused the car to stop B. Friction caused the car to stop
C. The car just stopped naturally D. The car ran out of force
[45] A basketball player looks up to see a ball coming straight for her.
She immediately raises her arm to catch the ball. Which way does the nerve message go?
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[2] Write E for element, C for compound or M for mixture for the following items: 6
[3] Using the letter P for physical and the letter C for chemical, state whether the changes occurring in each
of the situations in the table below are "physical or chemical"?
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melting ice burning toast dissolving salt
boiling an egg digestion of food acid on magnesium
[4] A chef was testing the length of time taken to cook frozen vegetables. She boiled water and when
ready, she noted the time carefully. She dropped a quantity of frozen cabbage into the water and
Time (minutes) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Temperature (0C) 100 70 60 60 75 85 90 100
(a) Plot the temperature time graph (line graph) and label it “Boiling Frozen Cabbage”.
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[5] You have learnt this year that one of the critical tools used by a scientist is the “Scientific Method”.
With this in mind and along with other skills you have developed this year, you will see below there are
two examples of science reports for two different experiments. Read the reports carefully and then
answer the questions.
Experiment 4
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Experiment 16
(ii) the colourless sugar solution that passed through the filter paper?
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(c) What could have been the hypothesis for this experiment? 1
(d) Write an appropriate conclusion for this experiment that would give some meaning to the report. 3
[6] Below is a diagram of a microscope. Label the indicated parts (identified by the letters A to G). 7
To assist you is a list of words below – however not all words match – some are more correct than others!
EYEPIECE LENS – FOCUSING KNOB – BASE – STAGE – FLOOR – TUBE – MIRROR – LIGHT
OBJECTIVE LENSES – ADJUSTING KNOB – ARM – CLAMP – SLIDE HOLDER - THINGY
A. B.
C. D.
E. F.
G.